REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!Chapter 121: Perhaps We Should Replace the Leader with Someone Stronger
"Uproar..." Everyone exploded.
"No way! That's too dangerous! The previous Land of Grass was destroyed because of the Box of Ultimate Bliss. We absolutely cannot restart it!"
The "Grass Flower Faction" people all spoke to stop this, while the "Grass Fruit Faction" people cheered excitedly, loudly praising the leader's wise decision.
"This should have been done long ago!"
"How can such a powerful ninja tool as the Box of Ultimate Bliss be left gathering dust?"
"Though problems occurred before, for the Land of Grass's hegemony, all sacrifices are worthwhile!"
Seeing the two factions almost coming to blows over this, Murasaki's head throbbed. Balancing village interests felt harder than dealing with external enemies.
Both sides argued back and forth. The final result was still the same old story—unable to reach consensus.
Murasaki helplessly could only compromise again, sighing and waving his hand: "Alright, alright, shelve this matter for now. We'll discuss it slowly later."
"That's all. Dismissed!"
Seeing they'd once again dissuaded the leader's dangerous idea, the "Grass Flower Faction" people left satisfied. The "Grass Fruit Faction" people felt indignant, all thinking their Kage was simply too weak.
Perhaps... they should replace the leader with someone stronger!
Once this thought arose, it became difficult to dispel in many people's hearts.
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"Chiyo-sama, intelligence from the Land of Grass says Uchiha Yasushi's group suddenly appeared in the Land of Grass, caused great havoc there, snatched away an Uzumaki mother and daughter before leaving. Their target should be the Land of Rain's direction."
Old lady Chiyo wore combat attire, face stern as water. Hearing the intelligence, she didn't waste words, directly waving her hand and ordering:
"Change route. Enter the Land of Grass. Set ambush at the border between the two nations. Try to intercept them before they enter the Land of Rain."
"Yes." The shinobi vanished. Only then did Ebizo beside Chiyo sigh: "Originally I thought since Rasa just became Kazekage, he needed achievements to stabilize his position, so I let him lead the attack on Konoha. Who knew... sigh!"
"If I'd known it would turn out this way, we should have had you lead the team, sister!"
"Saying this now is useless." Chiyo stood from the ambush position, looking at the distant sky and sighing. "The Kazekage can't change too frequently. We can only exchange him back now."
"But the opponent is an Uchiha like Madara—Susanoo! Just hearing it makes one tremble!"
Ebizo clutched his aching old waist, also descending from the tree, carefully covering the ambush. "Unfortunately Bunpuku died. The new Jinchuriki is still too young to use yet. Otherwise, a Tailed Beast Ball should be able to break through Susanoo's defense."
Hearing this, Chiyo extended her hand to hit her brother's head, scolding:
"Are you senile?"
"Using a Tailed Beast against an Uchiha—what were you thinking?"
"Delivering them a meal?"
"Ow, you hit me again." Ebizo complained but didn't take it seriously, only asking: "Then sister, do you have a method to counter Susanoo?"
"What else? Pile lives against it!" Chiyo's face showed no expression. "Even Uchiha Madara back then couldn't oppose a shinobi village alone. Let alone this small Uchiha Yasushi!"
"Anyway, we're both so old. Nothing we can't accept. Dying on the battlefield is far better than dying in a sickbed."
Ebizo sighed. His two long white eyebrows shook back and forth. His whole person became listless.
"That's true. Movement has been increasingly inconvenient lately. While I can still move, let me make one last contribution to the village!"
"I wonder what will happen to Sunagakure after we die?"
"Always feels like there's a gap between generations!"
Chiyo was quite open about it.
"The future is for those youngsters to consider. Not our turn to worry. We just need to stand our last watch properly."
Soon, ambush forces from all locations assembled. Chiyo waved her hand. Everyone arranged their formation and rapidly advanced toward the Land of Grass.
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"Can't use her? Why?" Yasushi looked at Hiruko strangely.
Hiruko rolled his eyes elegantly, saying irritably:
"Look at those bite marks on her body!"
"She's been used as a blood bag for who knows how many years. She's already severely damaged internally, her foundation greatly harmed."
"What I need to absorb are bloodline limit users at their peak state. Not just anyone can be absorbed by me!"
"Otherwise, I would have absorbed Kakashi years ago. Why wait so many years?"
"Tch!" After hearing this, Yasushi said disdainfully: "Doesn't your Chimera Technique fuse genes and bloodlines?"
"So what if she's injured? Genes don't break."
"Could it really affect your fusion effectiveness?"
"Hmph! No point talking to an illiterate like you!" Hiruko snorted coldly, looking impatient. "I'm too lazy to explain to you."
"Human genes and chakra influence each other. Strong chakra naturally strengthens human genes. Conversely, it weakens them."
"Even the same genes have strength differences."
"Like your Uchiha..."
"It's our Uchiha!" Yasushi immediately interrupted, emphasizing the point.
Hiruko ignored him, just continuing: "A Mangekyo Uchiha and a one-tomoe Uchiha have identical genes, but gene strength differs by a hundred and eight thousand miles."
"If you can absorb a Mangekyo Uchiha, who would absorb a one-tomoe Uchiha!"
"In short, if I want the Chimera Technique to reach perfection, everything must be the best choice."
"The shinobi world doesn't only have these two remaining Uzumaki clansmen. Before, I didn't know the Uzumaki clan was the so-called 'Sage Body.' Now that I know, I can completely post notices on the black market to find better Uzumaki shinobi. No need to waste this chance here."
Yasushi frowned, thinking. Seems like the shinobi world's genes really weren't stable. Could be transplanted, fused, strengthened... whatever, casually. And the universal adhesive among all this was chakra.
Could say that any unreasonable thing, once chakra was applied, immediately became reasonable.
From this perspective, materials used for Chimera Technique fusion really did need selecting the best of the best, choosing those with highest strength.
And Karin's mother, this Uzumaki clansman, really was a half-broken defective product. Using her for absorption really wasn't worthwhile.
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